Continental Rails II

Game # 34 - Turn # 6

Headline News 1851 to 1852

World & National New

1851: California admitted into Union as newest state.
1852: Average life expectancy now almost 42 years.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Hannibal Kimball bought GTW for $2740, Cyrus Holliday bought BRL for $2866, Hannibal Kimball bought TP&W for $9824, Edward Harriman bought WBSH for $11218, J. Pierpont Morgan bought A&C for $685, J. Edgar Thompson bought A&T for $10212, Thomas Scott bought N&C for $5047, John Forbes bought NO&J for $11002, Milton Littlefield bought SM for $4545.
PCs Merged: P&FW merges into PENN, P&LE merges into PENN.
PCs Incorporated: MC, W&W, A&GW, A&WP, G&C.
New Technologies Acquired: ERIE bought Grand Station, B&O bought Grand Station, S&A bought switch yards.
RoWs built: C3 by GT, OH3 by NYC, PA11 by ERIE, WV2 by PENN, PA2 by READ, OH4 by B&O, PA7 by C&O, VA7 by R&D, VA5 by N&W, GA8 by C&H, SC1 by S&A, FL5 by SCL, GA7 by S&G.
GT doubled GT, PENN doubled LV, C&H doubled C&H, SCL doubled GA4.
New RoWs acquired: GT got NY1, PENN got PA1, READ got MD1, R&D got VA2, S&A got SC3, SCL got FL6, C&O got WV4, MRLE got OH2, B&O got IN1, M&C got IN4, N&W got KY1, C&H got AL3, S&G got AL6, ERIE got PA8, NYC got OH5.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of C&O, Jim Fisk of W&W, Cyrus Holliday of G&C, William Palmer of A&WP, Edward Harriman of A&GW, Sleeping Dog of MC.
New Private Companies Available: GM&O, MS, O&M.
Cyrus Holliday dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3646. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, William Palmer, Milton Littlefield, Sleeping Dog, John Forbes, Thomas Scott, Jim Fisk
Technology advance to steel rails improves track durability, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Good.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails.

Tycoon Announcements:

5	Leland Stanford	b&o building into chicago! renaming as the b&c - baltimore & chicago!
6	Milton Littlefield	penn welcomes railroad bill sr to the board of directors
10	Hannibal Kimball	whoa, that last shoe got me; i'm a bit crushed but will rise up.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):

Robber Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	John Forbes (8)
Rail Mogul	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Builder	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Jim Fisk (1)	Sleeping Dog (9)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Jim Fisk (1)	Sleeping Dog (9)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Sleeping Dog (9)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Palmer (12)	Jim Fisk (1)	Thomas Scott (7)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
6	Milton Littlefield	PENN	M&C	SM	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	N&W	C&O	....	A&T
1	Jim Fisk	W&W	GT	....	....
12	William Palmer	C&H	A&WP	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	NYC	A&GW	WBSH	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	G&C	S&G	....	BRL
8	John Forbes	....	READ	NO&J	....
7	Thomas Scott	....	R&D	N&C	....
13	Railroad Bill Sr	....	....	....	....
9	Sleeping Dog	SCL	MC	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	W&M
10	Hannibal Kimball	MRLE	ERIE	GTW	TP&W
5	Leland Stanford	B&O	....	....	....
11	Rotshild	....	B&H	B&M	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	COG	....	A&C	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	570	73598	42687	99	111044	76407	5	6	1050	387
B&H	Boston & Hartford	110	18518	11666	94	21311	12725	8	1	0	0
NYC	New York Central	1069	181563	99859	99	220204	149242	9	11	600	120
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	672	78388	43113	99	134194	102819	4	2	375	67
PENN	Pennsylvania	1298	251455	138299	99	280319	194624	11	16	0	177
READ	Reading	199	40174	23301	99	53116	38397	9	1	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	582	62191	34205	99	126050	67554	4	3	0	0
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	689	74005	42923	99	131576	98842	3	9	174	211
R&D	Richmond & Danville	170	25752	14936	99	34504	24147	7	9	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	925	108704	59786	99	170489	106267	6	9	0	623
W&W	Wilmington & Weldon	120	13696	9450	88	26909	17941	1	0	0	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	540	83467	45907	99	123535	63394	8	4	486	282
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	452	63809	37009	99	99294	75438	5	14	0	252
SCL	Sea Coast Line	832	129599	73871	97	157602	62095	9	9	0	0
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	411	44755	25958	99	82522	62955	3	9	0	0
COG	Central of Georgia	86	14331	10032	87	17815	13742	4	1	0	0
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	138	17481	10314	98	28482	21173	4	1	675	0
G&C	Greenville & Columbia	94	10382	6956	90	20864	13911	1	0	0	0
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	193	18658	10822	99	37473	27611	2	1	500	0
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	152	18249	13687	82	34514	23011	-1	0	0	0
A&GW	Atlantic & Great Western	116	15633	11256	85	27494	18331	1	0	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	152	17938	11839	91	34514	23011	2	0	0	0

Railroad Lines

Regions: A = Atlantic ; D = Deep South ; O = Ohio ; L = Great Lakes ; C = Central ; M = Mississippi ; G = Gulf ; W = Midwest ; S = Southwest ; T = Mountain ; P = Pacific ; N = Canada ; X = Mexico

Grand Trunk (GT)

GT (Double) ; C2 ; C3
Unbuilt NY1
[Regions: AN]
Boston & Hartford (B&H)

B&H
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; HRL (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; NY3 ; LS ; C4 ; OH3

Unbuilt OH5

[Regions: ALN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; PA11
Unbuilt PA8
[Regions: AL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; NYNH ; PA5 ; PA6 ; P&FW ; P&LE ; WV2

Unbuilt PA1

[Regions: AOL]

Reading (READ)

READ ; PA2
Unbuilt MD1
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; OH1 ; OH4

Unbuilt IN1

[Regions: A]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O (Double) ; VC ; MD2 ; PA7
Unbuilt WV4
[Regions: AO]
Richmond & Danville (R&D)

R&D ; VA7
Unbuilt VA2
[Regions: A]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; N&S ; RF&P (Double) ; VA3 ; VA4 ; VA5

Unbuilt KY1

[Regions: A]

Wilmington & Weldon (W&W)

W&W
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 ; GA1 ; GA8
Unbuilt AL3
[Regions: AD]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A ; GA2 ; SC1
Unbuilt SC3
[Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5
Unbuilt FL6
[Regions: AG]
Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G ; GA6 ; GA7
Unbuilt AL6
[Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG)

COG
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE
Unbuilt OH2
[Regions: L]
Greenville & Columbia (G&C)

G&C
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)

M&C
Unbuilt IN4
[Regions: O]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)

A&WP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW)

A&GW
Unbuilt none
[Regions: O]
Michigan Central (MC)

MC
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RR	Start price	Trade price	End price	Net change	# Shares traded	# Shares issued	# Shares in treasury	President	Chairman	Directors
GT	30	30	30	+0	572	2 730	120	1	1
B&H	19	24	29	+10	158	508	42	11	11	1 7
NYC	35	38	42	+7	1170	5 299	53	2	2	1
ERIE	20	21	23	+3	606	3 198	162	10	10	6
PENN	40	48	56	+16	1200	6 255	240	6	6	13
READ	21	30	40	+19	170	948	47	8	8
B&O	31	33	36	+5	620	2 850	68	5	5	7
C&O	30	33	36	+6	691	3 370	75	3	12
R&D	40	68	96	+56	77	803	47	7	7	3 8 12
N&W	45	48	51	+6	570	4 256	373	3	3	7 8
W&W	0	0	15	+15	0	540	60	1	1
C&H	38	42	47	+9	508	2 628	78	12	12	8 15
S&A	15	22	29	+14	686	2 189	71		15
SCL	41	46	51	+10	770	4 065	102	9	9	1 14
S&G	16	22	28	+12	544	1 991	64	15	15	6
COG	13	19	25	+12	184	430	0	4	4
MRLE	13	19	25	+12	284	690	0	10	10
G&C	0	0	15	+15	0	423	47	15	15
M&C	13	20	28	+15	408	965	0	6	6
A&WP	0	0	15	+15	0	684	76	12	12
A&GW	0	0	15	+15	0	522	58	2	2
MC	0	0	15	+15	0	684	76	9	9

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
GM&O	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	675
MN	Michigan Northern	510
MS	Michigan Southern	1020
O&M	Ohio & Mississippi	825

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